Terre Thaemlitz

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Terre Thaemlitz
Terre Thaemlitz

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Terre Thaemlitz: Give Up On Hopes And Dreams
In this surreal documentary film, the producer, writer and artist discusses a selection of objects related to her work with close friends and collaborators.
Deproduction / 不産主義
Director
We live in an era in which dominant LGBT agendas are increasingly revolving around themes of family, matrimony, breeding and military service. The cultural terms for social analyses and organizing around such issues requires an aggressive capitulation to peculiarly Western Humanist notions of the nuclear family, as well as private and public space. As a result, Feminist and Queer critical rejections of family structures (nuclear and otherwise) are increasingly scarce. An ability to understand the abuses of family and domestic violence as symptoms of larger institutionalized dominations becomes virtually impossible.
Soulnessless /「ソウルネスレス」ー魂の完全なる不在ー
Director
SOULNESSLESS IN FIVE CANTOS: CANTO I ROSARY NOVENA FOR GENDER TRANSITIONING CANTO II TRAFFIC WITH THE DEVIL CANTO III PINK SISTERS CANTO IV TWO LETTERS CANTO V MEDITATION ON WAGE LABOR AND THE DEATH OF THE ALBUM
Lovebomb/Ai No Bakudan
Director
Once we accept love is not the root of all friendly cultural exchange, the revelation cannot be avoided that when strategizing coexistence in a global context, love is not the answer. From Helen of Troy (love of sex) to the Christian Crusades (love of religion) to Nazism (love of the fatherland) to Operation Infinite Justice (love of freedom), societies have placed love at the heart of conflict and conquest—all of which concealed larger cultural agendas in a cloak of opaque righteousness.
Interstices
Director
Presented at Documenta 14 in Athens.
Modulations
Self
Less a documentary than a primer on all electronic music. Featuring interviews with nearly every major player past and present, as well as a few energetic live clips, Modulations delves into one of electronica's forgotten facets: the human element. Lee travels the globe from the American Midwest to Europe to Japan to try to express the appeal of music often dismissed as soulless. Modulations shows that behind even the most foreign or alien electronic composition lies a real human being, and Lee lets many of these Frankenstein-like creators express and expound upon their personal philosophies and tech-heavy theories. Lee understands that a cultural movement as massive and diverse as dance music can't be contained.